LELAND, Miss. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Kadarius Smith, a 17-year-old who was run over by a Leland Police Department cruiser and later died in the hospital. Smith’s death occurred in the early morning hours of March 21, when he was walking home with friends and the police cruiser began chasing him, according to a witness.
According to Smith’s mother, he was run over from behind leaving police cruiser tire marks on his back.
Attorney Crump issued the following statement:
“The circumstances surrounding Kadarius’ death are truly heartbreaking for his mother and loved ones. This tragedy should have never happened and the officers involved must be held accountable. It is unconscionable that an officer would fatally run over a teenager who was running away from them.
“We demand that the officer who was driving the cruiser be immediately terminated, and that the unedited video footage is released to the family. Kadarius’ family deserves accountability and answers as to how and why he was killed by an officer in such an inhumane way.”
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